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What happened to socialism and does it matter?

sense of creating mass parties, with opportunities to govern, in the other major industrial societies and English-speaking democracies. (Since I am discussing this book in the context of a discussion of Lipset's involvement with this problem through his entire professional life, I hope Gary Marks will forgive me if I use the shorthand referring to the book as Lipset's, with the understanding that of course Marks is a full co-author. There is no indica tion in the book how the responsibility, for research and writing, was divided.) The book conveniently lists all of Lipset's other books, and we can see that from the beginning the failure of socialism has been a central issue, perhaps the central issue, in his intellectual life. Thus his first book, Agrarian Socialism, asks, how come a socialist government was able to take power in a Canadian province?and by direct implication, how come no socialist party has ever won election to head an American state? (Socialists did govern for a time a few American cities.) His second book, Union Democracy, with Martin Trow and James Coleman, took up a central theme in the problem of the failure of socialism?the difficulty of maintaining democracy in socialist parties and unions against the power of bureaucracy, a theme first raised by Robert Michels. This is an issue that troubled many young socialists of Lipset's generation. And his third, with Reinhard Bendix, Social Mobility in Industrial Society, took up one major thesis in the attempt to explain the failure of socialism in the United States: the argument that because of the greater opportunities for individual social mobility available in the United States, socialism?with its promise of raising the position of the entire working class?had less appeal in the United States than in other industrial democracies. The comparison with Canada that was initiated in the study of the relative success of socialism in Canada has been pursued in other articles and books, most recently Continental Divide and Distinctive Cultures: Canada and the United States. A major theme in these books

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies. By Robert Erickson and John H. Goldthorpe (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. xvi plus 429pp. paperback $19.95)

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies. By Robert Erickson and John H. Goldthorpe (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. xvi plus 429pp. paperback $19.95)

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Book reviewed in this article: The American Grocery Store: The Business Evolution of an Architectural Space, by James M. Mayo. (Contributions in American History, No. 150). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993, 304 pages. Cloth, $59.95 Supermarkets Transformed: Understanding Organizational and Technological Innovations by John P. Walsh. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993, 184 pages. Cloth $36.00. The Agricultural and Food Sector in the New Global Era, edited by Alessandro Bonanno. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 1933, 203 pages. Paper, $12.95. Gay Cops, by Stephen Leinen. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993, 245 pages. Cloth, $22.95. The Death of Meaning, by George V. Zito. London and Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 162 pages. Cloth, $49.95 For Democracy: The Noble Character and Tragic Flaws of the Middle Class, by Ronald M. Glassman, William H. Swatos, Jr., and Peter Kivisto. (Contributions in Sociology, No. 105.) Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993, 174 pages. Cloth, $49.95. AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame, by Paul Farmer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992, 338 pages. Paper; $13.00. Paying the Piper: Causes and Consequences of Art Patronage, edited by Judith Huggins Balfe. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993, 336 pages. Paper. Thinking Critically About Research on Sex and Gender, by Paula J. Caplan and Jeremy B. Caplan. New York: Harper Collins, 1994, 125 pages. Paper, $10. Bourdieu: Critical Perspectives, edited by Craig Calhoun, Edward LiPluma, and Moishe Postone. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1993, 288 pages. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $16.95. Provisional Irish Republicans: An Oral and Interpretive History, by Robert W. White. (Contributions in Political Science, No. 309.) Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993, 206 pages. Cloth, $55.00. Risky Business: The Political Economy of Hollywood, by David F. Prindle. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, 189 pages. Cloth, $49.95. The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies, by Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, 429 pages, Paper, $19.95. Social Theory and Social Policy: Essays in Honor of James S. Coleman, edited by Aage B. Sbrensen and Seymour Spilerman. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 272 pages. Cloth, $59.95. Painful Inheritance: Health and the New Generation of Fatherless Families, by Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993, 264 pages. Cloth, $52.00; paper, $19.95

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.Robert Erikson , John H. Goldthorpe

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The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.

This is a study of social mobility within the developing class structures of modern industrial societies based on a unique data-set constructed by John Goldthorpe and Robert Erikson. The focus is on the experience of European nations - western and eastern - in the period of the `long boom' following the Second World War; but the book also devotes separate chapters to examining the experience of the USA, Australia, and Japan. The authors combine historical and statistical approaches in their analysis of both trends in mobility and of cross-national similarities and differences. They show that wide variation at the level of actually observed mobility coexists with a surprising degree of constancy and commonality in underlying patterns of social fluidity. The empirical results of their study serve as the basis for a critical re-examination of current theories of mobility and for raising more general issues of the proper concerns and methods of comparative macro-sociology. This book is intended for teachers and postgraduates in sociology, social and economic history, social stratification, and the sociology of industrial societies.

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies. By Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe. Clarendon Press, 1992. 427 pp. $84.00

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies. By Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe. Clarendon Press, 1992. 427 pp. $84.00

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies

The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies

Book reviews

Book reviews Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe: The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies. Clarendon Press, Oxford. Price £48.00. Aage B. Sørensen Aage B. Sørensen Department of Sociology, Harvard UniversityCambridge, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 8, Issue 3, December 1992, Pages 316–318, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a036646 Published: 01 December 1992

Book Review: The Constant Flux. A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Society

Book Review: The Constant Flux. A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Society

Occupational Mobility in Industrial Societies: A Comparative Analysis of Differential Access to Occupational Ranks in Seventeen Countries

Using a set of national-sample data on occupational status change in a cross-section of 17 countries, we examined the hypothesized relationship between level of industrialization (measured by per capita energy consumption) and the circulatory rate of occupational mobility (defined in terms of the nonmanual-manual-farm classification). Results of the analysis indicated that cross-sectional variations in the rate of circulatory mobility per se were unrelated to the energy-consumption measure. Insofar as the rate of observed mobility covaried with energy consumption, it was because of historical features of the structure of production in the several countries-specifically, the extent to which productivity involved a large labor-intensive agricultural sector during the time of the fathers and the extent to which the structure of production (as represented in the distribution of occupational ranks) changed during the interval of the father-son comparisons.

A simulation of social mobility in industrial societies*

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologieVolume 13, Issue 1 p. 26-42 A simulation of social mobility in industrial societies* Lorne Tepperman, Lorne Tepperman University of TorontoSearch for more papers by this author Lorne Tepperman, Lorne Tepperman University of TorontoSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1976 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-618X.1976.tb00756.xCitations: 3 † *I am grateful for support provided by a Humanities and Social Sciences Grant from the Office of Research Administration, University of Toronto; and to my colleague Jeff Reitz for his comments and criticisms. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume13, Issue1February 1976Pages 26-42 RelatedInformation

Police Control of Juveniles

Rosen, Bernard C. 1962 Review of 'The Religious Factor.' American Sociological Review 27 (February): 111-113. Rosenberg, Morris. 1962 Test factor standardization as a method of interpretation. Social Forces 41 (October) :53-61. Spiegelman, Mortimer. 1968 Introduction to Demography. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Stark, Rodney, and Charles Y. Glock. 1968 American Piety: The Nature of Religious Commitment. Berkeley: University of California Press. Veroff, Joseph, Sheila Feld, and Gerald Gurin. 1962 Achievement motivation and religious background. American Sociological Review 27 (April):205-217. Weber, Max, trans. by Talcott Parsons. 1930 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Weller, Neil J. 1963 Religion and Social Mobility in Industrial Society. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Michigan. Reported in part in Lenski (1963:86-88). Wilcoxon, Frank. 1945 Individual comparisons by ranking methods. Biometrics Bulletin 1 (December): 80-83.

Linguistic Choice and Levels of Social Change1

American AnthropologistVolume 70, Issue 3 p. 553-559 Free Access Linguistic Choice and Levels of Social Change1 RICHARD W. HOWELL, RICHARD W. HOWELL Richmond College, City University of New YorkSearch for more papers by this author RICHARD W. HOWELL, RICHARD W. HOWELL Richmond College, City University of New YorkSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1968 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1968.70.3.02a00100Citations: 3 1 Originally presented in somewhat different form, under the title “Terms of Address as Indices of Social Change,” at the meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 28–31, 1967. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References Cited Blom, Jan-Petter, and John J. Gumperz 1966 Some social determinants of verbal behavior. Mimeo. Brown, Roger 1965 Social psychology. New York, The Free Press. Brown, Roger, and Marguerite Ford 1961 Address in American English. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 62: 375– 385. Brown, Roger, and Albert Gilman 1960 The pronouns of power and solidarity. In Style in Language. T. A. Sebeok, ed. New York, John Wiley. Friedrich, Paul 1966 Structural implications of Russian pronominal usage. Condensed from a contribution to Proceedings of the Los Angeles Conference on Sociolinguistics. William Bright, ed. The Hague, Mouton. Goodenough, Ward H. 1965 Rethinking “status” and “role”: toward a general model of the cultural organization of social relationships. In The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology, A.S.A. Monographs 1. London, Tavistock Publications; New York, Frederick A. Praeger. pp. 1– 24. Howell, Richard W. 1965 Linguistic status markers in Korean. The Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers 55: 91– 97. Howell, Richard W. 1967 Linguistic Choice as an Index to Social Change. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. Lambert, Wallace E. 1966 Some current psycho-linguistic research: the “tu-vous” and “le-la” studies. Talk delivered at the University of California at Los Angeles in the summer of 1966. Levy, Marion J., Jr. 1963 The family revolution in modern China. New York, Octagon Books. Lipset, Seymour Martin and Reinhard Bendix 1963 Social mobility in industrial society. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press. Yoshida, Teigo 1964 Social conflict and cohesion in a Japanese rural community. Ethnology 3: 219– 231. Citing Literature Volume70, Issue3June 1968Pages 553-559 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Social Mobility in Industrial Society.

Social Mobility in Industrial Society.

Social Mobility in Industrial Society

Social Mobility in Industrial Society

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Comparison of intergenerational occupational mobility patterns: An application of the formal theory of social mobility

Abstract The formal theory of social mobility, outlined by Dr. S. J. Prais (Population Studies, Vol. IX, 1955) and based upon Markov chain theory, is applied to comparison of intergenerational mobility data which were collected in six countries and are presented in Social Mobility in Industrial Society) by S. M. Lipset and R. Bendix (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1959). Summary indices based upon equilibrium occupational distributions are independent of the occupational distributions of the populations studied and are associated only with the observed mobility patterns. The mobility patterns are compared in terms of the stable proportions in each occupation class in the equilibrium distributions and, despite similar total mobility rates, substantial differences are noted in the equilibrium occupational distributions implicit in the mobility patterns observed for the various countries. The formal theory of social mobility represents a direct approach to investigation of consequences of occupational mobility for...

Social Mobility in Industrial Society

Social Mobility in Industrial Society